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2014 | 2 | 45-54

Article title

THE THEORY OF AFFORDANCES – AN INSPIRATION FOR ERGONOMICS

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PL
TEORIA AFORDANCJI – INSPIRACJĄ DLA ERGONOMII

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Abstracts

PL
W artykule prezentuję filozoficznie bogatą, praktycznie płodną, choć nie wolną od kontrowersji, teorię afordancji jako inspirację dla współczesnej ergonomii. W obrębie moich zainteresowań jest pierwotne sformułowanie teorii, takie jakie znaleźć można u Gibsona (1977, 1979) i Hefta (1989). Uwypuklam filozoficznie interesujące aspekty teorii oraz możliwości ich eksploatacji. Ponadto proponuję wprowadzenie pojęcia sztywnej afordancji dla określenia specjalnej klasy afordancji istotnej dla ergonomii.
EN
In the paper I am at presenting philosophically reach theory of affordances as a way of extending the range of research methods used in ergonomics. In the paper I am concern with the fundamentals of the theory of affordances as presented originally by Gibson (1977, 1979) and developed by Heft (1989). I highlight philosophically significant aspects of the classical theory of affordances and propose further topics for investigation. I also propose introduction of the notion of rigid affordance for the special class of affordances important for ergonomics.

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  • Uniwersytet Warszawski

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
1895-197X

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-98b60e58-1585-4de4-9793-18c91eef88f4
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